DuPage County Crime
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Person of interest detained, but police officer’s gun lost at Arlington Heights school still missingMay 05, 2026 8:10 am - Arlington Heights police detained a person of interest in the search for a school resource officer’s missing firearm that was left unattended in a restroom at Forest View Educational Center on Monday.
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Man charged with DUI in fatal I-355 crashMay 04, 2026 4:30 pm - A man has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol — causing death, after a crash Friday that killed a woman in Addison.
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Man convicted of sexually abusing childMay 04, 2026 3:08 pm - A Kane County jury has found a man guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.
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Woman found dead by strangulation in Schaumburg identifiedMay 03, 2026 9:08 pm - A woman found dead Thursday in a Schaumburg home has been identified by police as 43-year-old Katherine Torbick.
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An airborne assist: Drones becoming new first responders in suburban policingMay 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Drone technology is being embraced with growing frequency by suburban police departments that are looking to the airborne devices as automated first responders.
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‘Fear rippled through the community’: 50 years later, Columbo murders still haunt Elk GroveMay 02, 2026 11:45 am - On May 7, 1976, Elk Grove Village police Detective Raymond J. Rose stepped into a Brantwood Avenue home and encountered one of the most shocking crimes in suburban Cook County history. Frank Columbo, 52, his wife Mary, 50, and their 13-year-old son, Michael, were dead. Each had been shot, bludgeoned and stabbed. “It was so horrific and out of the ordinary,” Rose said.
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FBI investigating Naperville bank robberyMay 01, 2026 4:52 pm - A Bank of America branch in Naperville was robbed on Friday morning.
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Schaumburg police: Woman dead, man in custody after well-being checkMay 01, 2026 1:37 pm - Schaumburg police say they found a woman dead and took a man into custody following a well-being check late Thursday.
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Des Plaines woman’s check altered and cashedMay 01, 2026 1:17 pm - A Des Plaines woman reported that a check she’d written was altered and cashed for a larger amount, police said this week.
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Man faces drugged driving charge in crash that severely injured pedestrianMay 01, 2026 1:09 pm - A man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs in connection with a February crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Downers Grove.